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| TRANSPORTS NUTRIENTS,WASTES,AND BODY HEAT THROUGH BLOOD VESSELS. IS THE ONLY FLUID TISSUE IN THE BODY; HAS BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID COMPONENTS; IS A COMPLEX CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN WHICH LIVING BLOOD CELLS ARE SUSPENDED IN PLASMA. |
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| NON-LIVING FLUID MATRIX; MAKES UP 55% OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME. |
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| RED BLOOD CELLS; FORMED ELEMENTS THAT FUNCTION IN OXYGEN TRANSPORT; ACCOUNTS FOR 45% OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME; HELPS TO TRANSPORT OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE. |
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| WHITE BLOOD CELLS THAT ACT IN VARIOUS WAYS TO PROTECT THE BODY; MAKES UP LESS THAN 1% OF TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME; HELPS WITH IMMUNITY. |
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| CELL FRAGMENTS THAT HELP STOP BLEEDING; MAKES UP LESS THAN 1% OF BLOOD VOLUME. |
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| THIN, WHITE LAYER LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION BETWEEN THE ERYTHROCYTES AND THE PLASMA. |
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| THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF BLOOD. |
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STICKY, OPAQUE FLUID
METALLIC TASTE
COLOR DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN PRESENT
HEAVIER THAN WATER
5 TIMES MORE VISCOUS THAN WATER (THICKER)
SLIGHTLY ALKALINE-PH BETWEEN 7.35 AND 7.45
TEMPERATURE 100.4 F-SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN BODY TEMPERATURE
ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF BODY WEIGHT |
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APPROXIMATELY 90% WATER; IS THE LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD
OVER 100 DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES ARE DISSOLVED IN THIS STRAW-COLORED FLUID; SUBSTANCES SUCH AS NUTRIENTS, ELECTROLYTES, RESPIRATORY GASES, HORMONES, PLASMA PROTEINS, AND VARIOUS WASTES AND PRODUCTS OF CELL METABOLISM |
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| PROTEINS FOUND IN BLOOD PLASMA; MAKE UP ABOUT 7% OF THE TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME; COMMON PLASMA PROTEINS ALBUMIN, FIBRINOGEN, AND GLOBULIN |
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| A PLASMA PROTEIN THAT ACTS AS A CARRIER TO SHUTTLE CERTAIN MOLECULES THROUGH THE CIRCULATION; AN IMPORTANT BLOOD BUFFER; AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE OSMOTIC PRESSURE OF BLOOD (KEEPS WATER IN THE BLOODSTREAM. |
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| (AKA ERYTHROCYTES) CARRY OXYGEN THROUGH THE BLOOD TO ALL CELLS OF THE BODY; THEY ARE ANUCLEATE CELLS (LACKS A NUCLEUS) THAT CONTAIN VERY FEW ORGANELLES; LACK MITOCHONDRIA |
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| AN IRON-BEARING PROTEIN THAT TRANSPORTS THE BULK OF THE OXYGEN THAT IS CARRIED IN THE BLOOD; ALSO BINDS WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE. |
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| SMALL, FLEXIBLE CELLS SHAPED LIKE BICONCAVE DISCS (FLATTENED DISCS WITH DEPRESSED CENTERS ON BOTH SIDES(LOOKS LIKE A MINI DONUT) 5 MILLION CELLS PER TINY DROP OF BLOOD; A SINGLE CELL CARRIES ABOUT 250 HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULES AND 1 BILLION MOLECULES OF OXYGEN. |
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